Fertittas kopen pride (26 maart 2007)

[Chico]

http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/...=3669&zoneid=2

The new company that Pride will operate under apparently will not be run by UFC or Zuffa, but will be it's own entity owned by the Fertittas. Thus Pride and the UFC being run separately. But, it is being reported that the two promotions will do a joint super show once a year.

sweet.. dus alle droom matchups kunnen gebeuren..

vraag me alleen af of pride dezelfde regels blijft houden (soccorkicks, footstomps enzo) met nieuw management

[Ralph]

Als Pride gewoon in Japan gesitueerd blijft, is dit natuurlijk gewoon een goede zaak. Pride met soccerkicks en footstomps in een ring en de UFC met ellebogen in een kooi in de VS. Zo houden beide organisaties hun eigen identiteit en kunnen idd die droom matchups eindelijk plaatsvinden! Geen slecht nieuws!

[micha]

wie zijn de ferritas ? klinkt als sopranos

[RNLMC]

wie zijn de ferritas ? klinkt als sopranos

2 broers, de eigenaren van de UFC en allerlei andere zaken in Las Vegas zoals de Green Valley nogiets (van die serie op discovery American Casino)

[knilles]

After revitalizing the struggling Ultimate Fighting Championship, and as a result lifting the sport of mixed martial arts world wide, Lorenzo Fertitta, a Station Casinos magnate alongside his older brother Frank, confirmed the purchase of the PRIDE Fighting Championships from Dream Stage Entertainment Tuesday in Tokyo.

DSE and PRIDE CEO Nobuyuki Sakaibara also announced that as part of the agreement he would resign effective April 8, following PRIDE 34 at the Saitama Super Arena.

Joined by UFC president Dana White and the company's matchmaker Joe Silva at the Roppongi Hills Arena, Fertitta discussed the creation of a mixed martial arts commission for which he would act as president. PRIDE will run autonomously under the umbrella of Zuffa, which the Fertitta brothers and Dana White created in 2000 when they purchased the UFC.

Fertitta spoke of making mixed martial arts equivalent to world-wide sports such as baseball and soccer, and also "Super Bowl" type cards which could feature the likes of Randy Couture (Pictures), Tim Sylvia (Pictures), Chuck Liddell (Pictures), Matt Hughes (Pictures), Diego Sanchez (Pictures), B.J. Penn (Pictures) facing PRIDE stars such as Fedor Emelianenko (Pictures), Wanderlei Silva (Pictures), Mauricio Rua (Pictures), Dan Henderson (Pictures), Shinya Aoki (Pictures), Tatsuya Kawajiri (Pictures), Takanori Gomi (Pictures) and Hayato Sakurai (Pictures).

UFC president Dana White offered curt statements, suggesting all other MMA promoters pale in comparison to what Zufffa has now become with UFC and PRIDE, as well as the much smaller WEC, under its umbrella. The aggressive UFC boss received a warm reaction from the near 1,000 fans in attendance before discussing potential dream fights between the organizations' champions and stars.

One of those men is Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic, who was responsible for the first real battle won in this war between companies after defected to the UFC earlier this year. During a taped message to the nearly 1,000 fans in attendance, the 2006 PRIDE Open-Weight Grand Prix champion said he wanted to come back to PRIDE and get a second crack at PRIDE champion Fedor Emelianenko (Pictures), widely regarded as the world's best heavyweight.

But before "Cro Cop" and Fedor face one another again, the first in-ring clash following the merger will feature Jeff Monson (Pictures) against Kazuyuki Fujita (Pictures), who step into the PRIDE ring on April 8.

[De dikke nudist]

Dit kan best wel eens kont gaan schoppen.

[Evilman]

LOL Green valley Ranch? Die lui? Wtf.. naja khoop echt ECHT EEECHT dat pride pride blijft. Maar ik kan me niet voorstellen dat ze er iets als de ufc van maken want dan verliezen ze alleen maar.

[Influcted]

Green Valley Ranch \o/ kijk je nooit de docu van dat op Discovery?

[Paganstars]

Hoop echt dat niks veranderd aan pride maar dat we wel de koningspartijen gaan zien tussen pride en ufc!

[migyur]

Bovendien zal de weg naar 'mainstream' op deze manier in mijn ogen iets korter en makkelijker begaanbaar zijn.

Ja mar dr is nu wel 1 weg...

[MZN]

Die Fertita gebroeders zijn dus niet alleen eigenaar van het bedrijf waar de UFC onder valt en alleen green valley ranch. Ze hebben nogal veel andere station casino's overal in de V.S. ze hebben een godvergeten groot vermogen en hebben de UFC volgepompt tot ze winstgevend werden.

Nu Pride niet meer van DSE is staat ook de weg weer open naar een mainstream tv- deal in Japan en men zich goed realiseerd dat dingen die in de VS werken niet in Japan werken en andersom lijkt het alleen maar goed te zijn.

Helaas schijnt Fedor een contract te hebben getekend bij Bodog en die eigenaar heeft ook genoeg dinero...

[MZN]

Is Fedor's contract bij Bodog niet voor 1 partij?

http://forum.kakutougi.info/showthread.php?t=7332

Daar heb ik 't vandaan.... Mijn Japans is alleen niet zo goed dat ik de bron kan lezen...


En pin me er trouwens niet te hard op vast, ik wil niet eens gelijk hebben...

[De man van 14K]

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27-03-2007

R.I.P. PRIDE

MMA is DEAD!!!!!

FUCK DANA, FUCK ZUFFA, FUCK de Fertitas en FUCK UFC.
Ik hoop dat al hun vechters naar HEROS gaan en dat de PRIDE fanbase in jappan massaal overstapt naar HEROS.

Waarom ?

PRIDE gaat over op de "unified rules" dwz GEEN CHUTEBOXE footstomps meer, GEEN soccerkicks meer, GEEN knietjes op de grond (schaf dan maar gelijk de north south positie af) GEEN eerste ronde van 10 minuten.

Wat nog het ergste is : misschien voelt HEROS zich nu onder druk gezet om ook de unified rules te hanteren dan krijgen we nooit meer footstomps te zien ook al stappen veel vechters over op HEROS.

(trouwens waarom is de spelling heros en niet heroes?)

Superfights zullen gebeuren in een kooi in de VS.

kortom WAARDELOOS

zoals ik al eerder hierboven schreef.

MMA IS DEAD!!!!!

R.I.P. (the real) PRIDE, you have served me well.

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oh ja en ze willen "uniform weight divisions" kan dus zijn dat sommige champs hun belt "opnieuw moeten verdienen" lol omdat hun huidige belt niet conform ufc weight divisions is.

[MZN]

Ik zal je zeggen dat het Hero's heet en geen heroes of heros. Waarom? Japanners heh... ze hadden ooit ook een show die heette D.O.G een acroniem voor Destroyment of octacon gear... Right

Is het je wel eens opgevallen dat niemand daar naar het hoofd van een liggende tegenstander trapt sinds het Hero's heet? De reden daar achter is vrij simpel: het mag niet... Ik verwijs je graag naar artikel acht van deze regelementen
http://www.k-1.co.jp/k-1gp/e003.htm

Als laatste deel ik jouw onvrede met de plannen om deze regels in te voeren voor Pride. Ik vraag me alleen af of het zover gaat komen (ik hoop het niet)...

[MZN]

Weet je dat al zeker van die regels?

Er is tijdens de persconferentie in Japan iets geroepen in die richting evenals over die gewichtsklassen en titels. Men spreekt over de Jersey rules (New Jersey was de eerste staat die deze regels opstelde later over genomen door Nevada en California) als zijnde de "unified" rules. Het zou voor pride vs. Ufc partijen ook wel handig zijn. Het is zelfs zo erg dat Fertita een soort van athletic commision wil opstarten naar Amerikaans model. Woord is alleen wel dat de Ring blijft..

http://forum.kakutougi.info/showthre...?t=7348&page=2

Het is alleen zo slecht voor de positie voor Pride in de Japanse MMA markt omdat ze dan op deze manier slecht zijn te onderscheiden van Hero's qua regels.

Ik vraag me ook af of ze zo kortzichtig te werk zullen gaan. Wellicht is er nog iemand die het ze uit hun hoofd kunnen praten.

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Ze moeten naar Hero's meer uit wraak (haha mijn wraak )

Ik weet dat het daar ook niet mag, maar vlak nadat sherdog vol stond met (toen nog slechts geruchten van) de overname stonden er ook geruchten dat HERO's een deal zou maken met Elite XC en Cage Rage zou overkopen om UFC/Pride internationaal bij te houden evenals dat HERO's in japan de regels zou aanpassen om zich te kunnen onderscheiden van "het Ultimate Pride Monster".
Dat van de unified rules in PRIDE is zeker (zie sherdog en ufc website)

KLOTE....maar ja on the bright side als mma zo moet:


BACK TO K1 en ADCC for me!!

[De dikke nudist]

Damn, je zit in de put hè?

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Ja O11!

Je was er niet vandaag tijdens de training.
Was erg leuk vandaag op trainen ondanks die klote fertitas.

Oh ja en hier nog het een en ander wat mij zo te binnen schiet:

onder unified rules......

Arona > Shogun ?
Wandy got screwed ?

Fedor niet meer "onverslaanbaar" ? (kijk maar hoe hij de eerste keer "verloor" van TK)



En als je iemand kunt sprawlen wanneer hij shoot maar je mag hem geen knie geven = meer worstelaars in Pride ?

KLOTE....maar wederom on the bright side als mma zo moet:

BACK TO K1 en ADCC for me!!

[De dikke nudist]

Ben verkouden
En donderdag een "verplicht" feestje waar ik wel ga proberen onderuit te komen.
Zaterdag ben ik er zeker.

Geen knietjes op de grond neemt idd. een heel stuk "spel" weg.
Er ontstaat een dood moment waarin degene die de takedown doet als het ware even vrij spel heeft.

Footstomps zal ik niet missen.
Ik vind ze gevaarlijk en weinig toevoegen.

Als je bedenkt wat voor een gezeik de sport al heeft overleefd tot nu toe om een beetje geaccepteerd te worden zal ze dit ook wel overleven.

Het zijn de beoefenaars die de sport levend houden, niet de organisaties.

[ICON]

TOKYO, March 27 — Discourse in the West regarding the sale of Japan's premiere mixed martial arts promotion, PRIDE Fighting Championships, has the tendency to contain a cynical thread within it.

While many may agree that a consolidation of the world's two most important mixed martial arts brands will be beneficial for potential match-ups in the near future, many will also view the sale of PRIDE to Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta as the final victory of the UFC and American MMA over the once dominant Japanese fight market.

With PRIDE CEO Nobuyuki Sakakibara stepping down and the dissolution of Dream Stage Entertainment to give way to a new, yet-to-be-named company, it may appear to many in the West that the Fertittas and Dana White are the last men standing in the nearly decade-long war between PRIDE and the UFC.

Naturally, Japanese perception could have very well followed this same course. Thus, it was with this factor in mind that Sakakibara and Co. scheduled today's press conference.

First and foremost, it must be said that today's event was not a press conference in the strictest sense, but rather a very well crafted PR event that had all the trappings of an actual PRIDE show, sans the pyrotechnics.

While its intent was mainly to inform the public of the impending changes to PRIDE, perhaps its most important feature to the Japanese audience was what ended up being its true purpose: ensuring that PRIDE will remain in Japanese hands, and continue to be a Japanese product.

"Please do not worry," said an emotional Sakakibara, promising his audience that "PRIDE will still be ‘made in Japan,' — its spirit still originates from here."

The event helped to formally introduce, as well as familiarize Lorenzo Fertitta and the UFC to the Japanese audience — a person and an entity that has, until recently, occupied very little of Japanese MMA's social consciousness. By extolling Fertitta's love and respect for MMA as well as the PRIDE product, Sakakibara essentially painted the Zuffa co-owner as PRIDE's savior, noting that with his help and vision, PRIDE's fortunes would turn around, and that as a result, its legacy is ensured for the future.

Utilizing the image of a rowboat in a vast sea, Sakakibara claimed that Fertitta helped him by offering to "give me an aircraft carrier, to move out my crew, and keep the ship sailing."

Fertitta himself was able to provide his own side of the story to this effect, taking the podium after Sakakibara. Prefacing his speech by explaining how much of a fan he has been of PRIDE throughout the years, Lorenzo Fertitta explained his motivations for acquiring the organization.

Claiming that "[the acquisition] is not business," Fertitta adamantly declared that it was his respect and love for PRIDE as a fan that encouraged him to purchase the promotion in an attempt not only to preserve it, but to further advance the development of MMA internationally. To that end, Fertitta offered his own promise to the Japanese audience, claiming that it was his goal to make PRIDE — now "Pride Worldwide" — a preeminent brand known throughout the world.

Through the alliance of what Fertitta claimed were "the two most important MMA organizations in the world," he was also able to introduce the topic of an "MMA World Series," stating that with his acquisition of PRIDE, the long sought after dream of unification bouts with the UFC has finally become a reality.

UFC president Dana White followed Fertitta with his own brief, but impassioned speech, expressing excitement over PRIDE's new relationship with Zuffa and the UFC, and how the alliance would finally put to rest years of unreciprocated challenges.

White further appealed to the Japanese audience by brashly stating his belief that, "all the other MMA organizations that are coming up, and climbing up the ladder, I laugh at that and I think they're joke."

"The only two companies in this world that matter are the UFC and PRIDE," said White, to vigorous approval by the Japanese crowd.

White also noted that despite the potential financial gains that the two organizations and their fighters will see from the partnership, the real beneficiaries of the PRIDE-UFC alliance would be fans, in that "after seven years, we're finally going to be able to answer all the questions we've really wanted to answer."

Ever the provocateur, White's final comment to the evening's audience was an open challenge to PRIDE, proclaiming that Japan should "make no mistake about it, I don't care that Lorenzo bought PRIDE: the UFC is coming here to kick your ass."

The Japanese crowd, surprised but game, received White's challenge graciously by applauding his challenge.

Following Fertitta and White's speeches, as well as a brief video promo of next month's PRIDE 34 card — the final DSE-produced PRIDE — a roll call of various Japanese fighters from PRIDE's 10-year history saw the stage fill up with some of country's finest.

Standing shoulder to shoulder with many of Japan's most notable mixed martial artists, it was surreal to see Fertitta and White amongst them. If there is any one particular impression to take away from the image however, it was one of solidarity, in that years of divide between MMA's two greatest giants has finally come to an end.

Today's event was primarily to ensure continued Japanese support of the product, at once reassuring Japanese fans that their most beloved MMA organization would remain their own, while stoking excitement for future possibilities, thanks to the proximity PRIDE is now afforded by the Fertittas' acquisition.

Despite the talk of running both the UFC and PRIDE as independent entities that would cross over only once a year, Sakakibara and the Fertittas' masterstroke this evening was in convincing Japanese fans that Fertitta, as well as White and the UFC by association, are now fundamentally a part of the same "extended MMA family."

Japan's MMA community, fans and fighters alike, are now inseparably joined with the MMA community of the West. Entreating their sense of community and group survival — arguably an ideologically significant characteristic in Japanese culture — today's event was as much as passing of the guard as it was a securing of PRIDE's future.

[ICON]

interview met sakakibara na de persconferentie

Q: Firstly, please let us know how you feel right now.

Quote:
I really feel refreshed. To see PRIDE that I gave birth to grow up...To put in terms of the current season, PRIDE has left my nest, graduated from DSE, and to have a situation arranged where it can flap its wings and face the world, I feel like my duties are completed. PRIDE has become that big under a private owner, but I couldn't carry on by myself. Personally I feel lonely, but when I look at PRIDE's future I am full of refreshing and joyous feelings.


Q: Please tell us about the new company.

Quote:
The name is PRIDE FC Worldwide. Its location is the same as where DSE is now. I'm asking the DSE employees to resign once, whereby I will be the only one left in DSE to leave the office. Then PRIDE FC Worldwide will move into DSE's current office, and DSE's employees will be reemployed. So as has been done until now, the contents will be created at the same office.
Lorenzo, a one-man owner, will possess both ZUFFA's UFC and PRIDE FC Worldwide's PRIDE.

Q: If PRIDE's capital was 2 million yen, how much capital will PRIDE FC Worldwide have?

Quote:
That is an ongoing process. The company will be established in April, and the Lorenzo brothers have personal assets of hundreds of billions of yen so I don't think there should not be any money constraints. DSE needed to borrow money from the bank and pay interest on it. But for them, they can dig into their pockets and use their personal assets anytime. Of course, I think they will balance out revenues and expenses to a certain extent and carry on with PRIDE.

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Nou O11 beterschap en hopelijk wel tot donderdag.
Pride zonder knietjes op de grond sucks bigtime, en is iets wat ik niet hoef te zien.

Maar er is nog Pride 34 , voor de laatste keer 'echt' Pride. Ik ga zeker kijken.

[ICON]

wie zegt dan dat het verandert wordt?